I know.. another ich question, but its an advanced Q!

[Atomikk]

Ok here is my quick story.

I have had ich in my tank since the start of this year. I have controlled it by feeding properly and adding garlic in their food diet. Everything was ok, until just recently. I tried to combat ich using this new reef safe Polyp Lab med, but to no avail (must be because I started a delayed treatment). In duration, I have lost 3 fish, and more to come if I dont do something drastically.



I want to quickly setup a hyposalinity treatment for the remaining fish, but need advice first.



I was going to get a large tub (60 gal) and place all the fish in there with current tank water. I was going to perform the treatment in there for 6 -7 weeks. But I am unsure if that is the 'de-stress' method. Should I just leave the fish in the DT and place all LR and inverts in the tub for 6-7 weeks?



What about my coral? If I do my hyposalinity treatment in the DT, could I leave my corals in there too? If not, then I would have to do the treatment in the tub.



Also.. I do have a shortfin Lion, and have read that they dont do well in hypo treatments.. what do I do with him? He is not affected with ich, and is eating like no tomorrow. Do I just leave him with the inverts and LR?

What would your solution be?



Thanks for any help.



Vlad.

 

[Triggerfish]

certainly nothing 'advanced' here..
what fish died and were they in there since the beginning of the parasite invasion?

 

[Atomikk]

well, first of all...


its been discovered that its not Ich, but Velvet.
Since its impossible for me to remove the fish, I am going to utilize UV and Vortex Diatom filter to remove the free swimming parasites. I am not catching any fish since that would be impossible to do in a 180 (6'x3'x1.5').

So its hoping for the best... unless it gets really bad.. then I will fetch my favorite fish and do the copper treatment.

 

[Triggerfish]

velvet eh... typically livestock will succumb much quicker.. 3-5 days. very difficult to clear fish of that parasite.. wiped out my very first tank..

 

[Atomikk]

Well its been 1.5 weeks, since the outbreak began.... so i am still praying that it might be contained...